Sujet : Re: 30 Years Of Netscape
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.comp.software.firefox comp.miscDate : 05. Nov 2024, 22:51:20
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:32:21 -0500, bad sector wrote:
On 11/4/24 14:35, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
One important thing Netscape did before going completely defunct was to
open-source the browser.
THAT was a class act! I did something vaguely similar when I took out a
provisional patent and then let it lapse for the express purpose of thus
hard-wiring the idea into public domain to prevent anyone from ever
being able to take out a patent on the same idea.
Patents in the public interest ... now THAT I can applaud!
But then, simply publishing the idea would, in theory, count as “prior
art”, wouldn’t it? Though in practice it is very hard to get patents
invalidated anyway, at least in the US system (also *cough* East Texas
*cough*).
30 Years Of Netscape
Re: 30 Years Of Netscape